Go to Server manager > Tools > Active Directory Sites and ServicesĢ. And click deleteĥ) In next dialog box, click yes to confirmĦ) In next dialog box, select This Domain Controller is permanently offline and can no longer be demoted using the Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard (DCPROMO) and click Deleteħ) If the domain controller is global catalog server, in next window click yes to continue with deletionĨ) If the domain controller holds any FSMO roles in next window, click ok to move them to the domain controller which is availableĬlean up the DC server from the Active Directory Sites and Servicesġ.
Let’s see how we can do it in steps.Ĭlean up metadata using Active directory users and computersġ) Log in to DC server as Domain/Enterprise administratorĢ) Server Manager > Tools > Active Directory Users and Computersģ) Expand the Domain > Domain ControllersĤ) Right click on the DC server that need to remove manually. How we can do it? The option is to clean up the server metadata. But there are situations such as server crash or failure of dcpromo option which will lead to manually remove the DC from the system (event of even recovery, repair option doesn’t work).
In active directory infrastructure, if you need to remove a DC server the proper way is to run DCPROMO and remove it.
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